Chapter 474: Memories of the Void (1)
One year, a boy with another child younger than him knocked on the door of a certain regimental station. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
At night, the camp was lit up, but at the entrance of the camp, there was a brighter and more dazzling light flickering, but it was only a spot the size of the palm of a hand, and if it was magnified several times, the intensity of the light was strong enough to make all the light in the vicinity appear dull.
The knights guarding the door looked down at the source of the light, and at the person carrying the item, bewildered and apprehensive at the same time.
"So, leave this to us for safekeeping, and we'll prepare a place for you to live. One said.
Sora protected the stone he didn't know in the palm of his hand, looking unwilling to hand it over easily, and the dazzling light was only exposed for half a minute, and it was covered by his closed hands. It's not that Sora doesn't want to compromise, he's just scared, it's the last thing the men give him, and I don't want to just hand it to someone he doesn't know, even though the man's armor is carved with the same rose pattern.
The boy, who was younger than him, was even more afraid of life, hiding behind the empty and not daring to show his head.
"You, do you know Uncle, he has a very dense beard on his chin......" Despite his decision, Sora was still nervous about how to take the first step, and he saw the man in armor speak as his hand reached for him, towards the thing he was wrapping in his palm.
Sora suddenly felt that the other party was just trying to get his own things, and this thought was enough to constitute a strong sense of unease, especially for a child in his current situation.
He couldn't help but turn sideways, and the person who wrapped the stone was protected around his waist, as if he was carefully protecting, the only thing in the world.
In the end, the person he could rely on was gone forever, and there was no place in this world that he was familiar with and close to, but he still had to live in this extremely strange world, forcing himself not to die, so he was full of fear and vigilance for everything around him.
"Who? do you want to ask one of us here?" the man who stretched out his hand looked puzzled, he looked at his companion beside him in embarrassment, and the two men looked at each other, although they had adapted to being soldiers fighting against the hardships of the war, but in this situation, they did not know how to deal with a child.
"Is it something that has anything to do with someone from our corps?"
"Perhaps, after all, should you really believe that this stone is that kind of thing?" said the guard on the side, "but the important thing was brought by a child, and it feels a bit ridiculous to think about it." β
"But in terms of characteristics, it is very consistent with the notice sent above...... "The knight who squatted down seemed a little hesitant, in fact, he also understood, or anyone would have such an idea, a thing that could cause a war between the two realms and become a desperate search and protection for the whole knight order, was brought by a child in the cold winter, and anyone would feel that it was a fantasy.
"Having said that, I still find it unacceptable, and we may be making a big fuss......"
The knights kept their voices as low as they could, but they still entered their empty ears, and the words were full of doubt.
"I'm telling the truth! It's true! This thing was given to me by my uncle himself, this is what they left me," Sora suddenly shouted so that the guards were stunned, and he tried his best to justify, "I promised to send this to the Knights, I must bring it, this is me, this is the last thing I can do for them......"
"You believe me......" looked so excited when he first defended, but when he said this, he suddenly looked lost.
The guards felt that they were about to be stunned by this wild child of unknown origin, and they were excited when they said they were excited, and they were sentimental when they said they were sentimental, and it was difficult to think that this was the manifestation of a child, and they had seen more children who were homeless and difficult to survive and were brought into refugee adoption areas, and those who were either afraid or godless eyes were also seen a lot, such as the smaller guy who hid behind the boy.
But this boy is a little different, he tries to protect things as if he is alert to everything around him, self-protective, not to be approached. But he tried his best to prove and refute what he said, as if he was guarding something more important than his own hunger and life.
"I know, I know, we believe in you, so can you come with me, and we'll take care of taking you into the adoption area, where we can distribute food and clothing to you and your brother. The guard crouched down in front of Sora, showing as good a face as he could.
The boy's lips twitched slightly.
The guard's hand was no longer towards the empty hand, and was stretched out in front of him, but Sora stared at the hand with his head down, looking hesitant.
The words and tones of the guards still lingered in his ears, and he suddenly felt that he was in a strange and alien world, just as he had woken up in the snow for the first time, he had completely lost the room with its ornate dome and long table, and now he had just integrated into the family that the two had owned, but he had soon lost them again. He imagined that the snowfield he had run on when he first woke up was so open that he could see the end, like this huge and boundless world, and the people and things of this world were extremely foreign to him.
He suddenly didn't know whether to pick up the hand of the person in front of him, and at this time, he was still a little scared.
He couldn't help but take a step back, but as soon as his left foot retreated, he felt that his back had hit something, and he suddenly reacted, and he was followed by another person, the one who was in the same situation as him, and promised to follow him, a companion.
He put his foot back and stood still, uneasy.
"What shall I do? What will happen to me?" ...... uncle," thought to himself.
The guards were silent and indifferent, and they were about to say something comforting, they also knew that there were too many such children in this era, and those who had been injured and suffered from the misery of reality naturally had a great heartache.
The sound of horses' hooves from far and near attracted everyone's attention.
When the sound of the horse's hooves stopped abruptly in front of the camp gate, before Sora could raise his head, he suddenly felt a chill, which was a kind of trembling and rejection that made you want to completely reject it. He didn't know why he suddenly felt like this, this was a feeling he had never had, like someone who had been forced into it that did not belong to him, a new experience, at that time he didn't know that a unique physique in his body was gradually liberated under the stimulation of a certain opportunity, and he still wouldn't control the release of this ability.
"Captain Dyce, the task is hard!" The knight of the guard immediately gave a knightly salute, showing respect, thinking that the other party was his superior.
"How can there be children here?
"I guess so, but ......," a guard leaned in and whispered into the man's ear.
Sora raised his head nervously, the sweat glands in his body were stimulated and sweating frantically, he trembled, and the feeling of panic reminded him of his time in the forest, when he and the tall man were besieged by those enemies who only had killing intent, it was a kind of fear that made him feel that he was going to die.
Why do you feel so strangely, and why does this instinct of the human body, which should be stimulated by danger, forcibly appear and entangle your body and mind because of the proximity of a person?
In the empty eyes, the man's blue and purple face was reflected, and the slender face and the tips of the hair hooked by the earlobes made the strange appearance like a ghost in the underworld. The knight whispered beside the man, presumably hearing the news about Sora, and his sharp eyes turned to Sora, and the two looked at each other.
Sora couldn't help but immediately lowered his head, and the moment he lowered it, he felt that he saw disgust and disgust on the man's face, and the moment their eyes met, the man's forehead was obviously squeezed out of wrinkles of disgust, but he quickly retracted it.
He couldn't understand why the existence of a man made him so resistant, and why the other party was equally disgusted with him.
It's too weird and weird, this huge world is so strange and unfriendly to him, a kid who has just stepped out of the house.
"You guys, send these two kids where they need to be right now," Days ordered to the man next to him, and then walked quickly, not in front of the empty one, "Show what you have in your hand!"
Sora felt that the cold was getting more and more swollen, and he was horrified to find that the man's face was in front of him, and the other party grabbed Sora's arm without saying a word, forcing him to let go of his palm, and the strength was so great that the empty wrist that he grabbed hurt, and the man did not grasp the measure because Sora was a child.
"I, I won't give it to you!" The moment the wrist was held, the sense of resistance reached the maximum, the man's skin seemed to be electrified, and he couldn't help but tremble when he touched the empty body, and he showed this resistance that was verbal rejection and physical struggle.
But a child's strength broke free from a battle-hardened adult, and the man, regardless of the empty resistance, broke off his clenched fingers one by one, and showed the stone in his palm, and the light of the stone bloomed around again, even if it was not a strong glimmer of light, it was bright and gorgeous enough to conquer the eyes of the people around him.
"Oh, look at this light, how beautiful," Dyce's expression changed instantly, like an antique fanatic finally seeing the precious treasure of his dreams, and like a man who loves beauty to see the peerless Yanji, "and the gurgling fluctuations that gush out of it, smooth but full everywhere, huge enough to overflow but perfectly contained in it, this is the thing, this stone is the thing, it is the ......" His other hand slowly stretched out to grasp the stone, and his fingers trembled slightly, as if he was afraid that his rude behavior would tarnish the sacredness of the stone.
Empty eyes watched the man's fingertips about to touch the apocalypse, he was reluctant in his heart, but this man, this person who made himself have great resistance for some reason, was unwilling to hand it over to him, but no matter how much he struggled, it was difficult to break free from the man's shackles, and he bit the man's hand in a hurry.
Dyce's eyes were completely attracted by the stone, so he didn't notice Sora's excessive resistance, although it was not painful, but without advance mental preparation, he instinctively let go of his hand after being stimulated, and then his face was angry, and his slightly hideous face showed a sense of disgust beyond normal.
"You!" he couldn't finish speaking, and he was so angry that he didn't hesitate to slap the air under the gaze of everyone, wanting to slap it down.
Sora broke out of the restraint and immediately grabbed the boy behind him, holding the stone and pushing it back, the expression on his face changed to a high degree of vigilance.
"Chief Commander!" the knights in the rear suddenly stood in a row, and the noisy private conversation suddenly stopped, leaving only a sonorous and powerful unison.
Days also got up immediately, in front of a certain figure, he didn't care about everything, as the captain who was respected by everyone, he also stood in a row with ordinary knights, and always performed the most standard knightly salute.
Sora nervously watched everything that was happening in front of him, and another person he was not familiar with appeared, and he saw an old man in heavy armor pacing out of the camp, walking with elegance and poise, and the old man walked out of the door, followed by a respectful messenger.
"Dyce, it's a hard job. The old man first saw the man's body, and then looked back at all the saluting knights around him, "Everyone has worked hard, but they still have to continue to work hard in their respective positions, and they all go and continue their work." "His voice is strong and powerful, ensuring majesty and amiability at the same time.
"It's not hard, it's just for the sake of your country, in order to end this war as soon as possible, do what you can," Dai Si said as he saluted, his eyes quietly glanced, and Sora still noticed where the line of sight fell, and his hands couldn't help but close, "The chief regiment also works day and night, although he nags, but the corporal still has to say pay attention to rest." With that, he walked past the old man and entered the barracks, followed by the knights except the guards.
The pores of the empty body exploded suddenly, and he felt that he had hallucinated in front of him, and the blue-faced man named Days Strode into the door, but behind him, on his back, for a moment, he felt that he saw purple transparent shadows lying on it, and those shadows turned back to him, revealing a penetrating smile, and red water stains flowed from the dark and empty pupils.
He felt scared, scared to the point of suffocation, and the presence of this man in this camp also made him feel a strong fear in his heart, and the big hand called fear tightly grasped his heart, and time seemed to stand still, and he was stuck in the quagmire of terror and could not extricate himself.
But all this, as the old man's moving figure blocked, all became vanished, and the empty quickly came back to his senses, and afterwards it felt really just an illusion, maybe he was too nervous and scared, which caused confusion in the nerves, and even affected the vision, or just a psychological effect.
For a while, the crowd dispersed, and only the old man was left in the blank snow, and there was an empty space guarding the stones.
"Your brother in the back?" the old man said suddenly, his voice tinged with intimacy.
Empty stunned for a moment, and then realized that he was talking about himself, and the boy behind him.
"He, he," Kong didn't know how to answer, they were not brothers, but an encounter in the ice and snow, it was two injured beast cubs touching and licking each other, and when they saw each other, their hearts suddenly became sour, as if they saw themselves, so they stretched out their hands to each other, "Hmm." In the end, Sora nodded in agreement, which was considered an acknowledgement.
"May I know your names?" the old man continued.
"Uh-huh," the old man's question, giving the feeling of emptiness, different from the previous knights, there was no rigid inquiry, no infiltrating compulsion, an old man with a high status, but in front of a humble child, he consciously unloaded all the high, "My name is Kong, Night Sky, his name is Urfa, Urfa West." β
Behind Sora, the boy he named Urfa watched him silently.
"Night sky, I like this name, I haven't seen the night sky for a long time," the old man paused, as if thinking about something, and left an intriguing smile on the corner of his mouth, "Your, Urfa, Urfa West, this, isn't it his real name?"
The old man immediately guessed the truth, which surprised Sora, but he only nodded.
He thought for a moment, took a step forward, and raised his head high, facing the hazy moonlight, as if deliberately raising his head to let the light shine, "I met him in the snow, I gave him a name, he followed me, we are together." β
"In this way, you have come here, I will be responsible for giving you a place to ensure food, clothing, shelter and transportation, there are people like you, don't be afraid of anything, the Knights have been working hard for the safety of all people in the Moon and Night Realm so far, my biggest ideal is to create a world where everyone in this country is happy and healthy," the old man said with a smile, he also slowly squatted down, and the empty hand was still subconsciously protecting his hands, but the old man just looked at his and Urfa's faces," It's such a cold day, you guys have had a hard time along the way. β
Sora only felt that he was in a trance in front of him, as if the bearded man's face reappeared in front of him, they were all like this, and the wrinkled skin left traces of old age like a knife, it was the double baptism of time and wind and frost, the difference was that the old man in front of him at this moment still had the courage and vitality of a young man, and the bearded man's eyes were already full of fatigue and decadence, the same is that their voices are all amiable, as if you lock yourself in a room, the outside world is endless noisy scolding and hard smashing, suddenly the noise stopped, there was a gentle knock on the door, someone said, can I go in, instead of cursing you to come out quicklyγ
"I, I'm here to bring this thing, and I promised my uncle that I would help them bring this thing here. Sora said, carefully stretching out his hand, and then slowly unfolded, and the light illuminated the three faces for a while.
The old man just stared at the stone for less than a moment, and did not show any expression similar to that of the man before, but quietly revealed a trace of regret and sadness.
"I know, when I heard your name, I guessed that you were here instead of them?"
"Uh-huh!" Sora nodded vigorously, "they are a convoy, a convoy of goods, I was originally with them, together, and then ......" His voice slowly lowered again, he felt uncomfortable, this thing he didn't want to talk about, but he always had to bring it up.
"It's okay, don't force yourself to say what you don't want to say, little kid, you have to have innocence and a smile on your face, this kind of expression shouldn't be on your face," the old man held out his hand, "Yesterday morning, Sharo suddenly told me that we were going to lose some old friends again. β
Sora saw the old man's palm, immediately closed his eyes and shrank his head, followed by the heat that appeared on his head, and he could feel the strength and roughness of the old man's hand.
"My name is Ang, Ang Ogudo, I am their friend, and their convoy has helped me a lot, and the leader of the team with a big beard is an old friend," said Ang, "take the stone first, and will you go with me somewhere, right in this camp." β
Sora couldn't help but glance at the barracks behind him, still hunching his neck.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I will protect the entire barracks, including you, this stone was given to you by him, so until the final storage, you will hold it." β
"Ang...... Grandpa, do you know them?" Sora poked his head out.
"Well, I said it, they're old friends of mine, we're old buddies anymore. The old man said with a smile.